nursery

Nursery staff first noticed bruises on Charlie's head in April, and in May the toddler was taken to hospital as he had bruises across his face, with Ms Roberts telling doctors her son had fallen, the court heard.

“We were pleasantly surprised,” says Katie Tilford, interim executive director for the Theodore Payne Foundation, a nonprofit nursery and education center for native California plant life.

The rain was still thundering down, but by now - early evening - he had managed to leave work early, safely pick up his boys from nursery and was about to make their favourite dinner – croquetas.

Wednesday, she ran to the nursery to try to pack up the baby’s essentials, such as clothing and medicine.

He played well above his age at rugby nursery King's School Parramatta and at 16 was part of a drought-ending Australia Under-18 win in New Zealand in 2019.